Viking ship Valkyrie
The Seattle Times had a feature a few weeks ago about the recreation of a Viking long ship. It had moored at the marina in Poulsbo. I was immediately thinking of going out to sketch it. Early last week I picked today as a likely day: predicted good weather and possibly less tourists as kids are back in school.
I made contact to verify it was a good day. I heard back from the ship's master, Erik. I then alerted other USk chapters in the area. In the end, we were 10 sketchers, plus ship's crew member, Daniel, who also drew with us!
It's about an hour and a half drive out to Poulsbo but it was well worth it. The day was perfect…blue sky, sunny, not too hot. Eric spent quite a bit of time with us explaining about the ship. I really geeked out with him about details of the shields and the rowing benches. We have a similar bench!
Once I settled down to sketch I first did a montage of views and details. I sketched the aft with shield and drinking horn attached. While doing so, I listened to Erik and Daniel instruct new crew member, Lyle.
Then I turned to the rowing bench. There are a lot of them as 16 crew row the ship. The benches can be moved from the center of the ship to the rowing spots. That's what they sit on to row and the benches also store belongings and necessary ship items, similar to a military foot locker. Himself referred to it not as a foot locker but as a seat locker.
The final image of the montage was a front view from above, sketched from the upper level of the docks. Erik had explained that the shields are not attached in the period manner. It was an aesthetic choice. They can be removed for use and there are more than are attached to the ship today.
Crew member Daniel joined us in sketching and he is seen with the group photo, third from right.
Our host, Erik, at right.
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